Mer Haynerik
Political Status: Parliament,
190 National Assembly Members

Hot Spots

A: Nagorno-Karabagh conflict:1988: Azeri pogroms against Armenians in Baku and Sumgait. 1991: War between Azeris and Armenians of NKR. 1994: Cease fire in May.

B. Official blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey until Armenians of NKR give back Azeri territory captured during war. (Nagorno¥Karabagh was historically Armenian territory until Stalin annexed it arbitrarily to Azerbaijan in 1920

C. Location of the main oil pipeline route from Baku to the West and alternate route problems:
1. through Chechnya, Georgia and Batoum: due to civil war in Georgia and Chechnya.
2. through Azerbaijan and Armenia, the most direct route: opposed by Turkey due to NKR dispute.
3. through Iran: Islamic fundamentalists oppose American interests.